linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] isdn: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

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Message-Id: <169601624548.3016093.1290854393358505827.b4-ty@chromium.org>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:37:26 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
        Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] isdn: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:58:06 +0000, Justin Stitt wrote:
> `strncpy` is deprecated for use on NUL-terminated destination strings
> [1] and as such we should prefer more robust and less ambiguous string
> interfaces.
> 
> We expect `iclock->name` to be NUL-terminated based on its use within
> printk:
> |	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: %s %d\n", __func__, iclock->name,
> |	       iclock->pri);
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] isdn: replace deprecated strncpy with strscpy
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/a9b065a6751b

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook